This article illustrates our group's most recent progress in developing an optimal path planner for rigid-body spacecraft rotations using Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMG's). This work improves upon our ...

It's always interesting to see how engineers adapt older devices for radically new uses. A good example is the work being done at Draper Laboratory to counter the difficulties of working and having ...

NASA shut down one of the International Space Station’s four pointing gyroscopes on Tuesday after it exhibited unusually strong vibrations. The station has several methods of orienting itself so its ...